Xavier Delclòs-Alió
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1686535 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Xavier Delclòs-Alió |
| NOMBRES | Xavier |
| APELLIDO | Delclòs-Alió |
| FIRMA | DELCLÒS-ALIÓ X |
| AFILIACIONES | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7206-2310 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Caminabilidad y nivel socioeconómico en las grandes ciudades españolas
Este artículo analiza la caminabilidad urbana, entendida como la capacidad del entorno construido para facilitar los desplazamientos a pie, en las diez principales ciudades españolas, prestando especial atención a su distribución territorial y su relación con las condiciones socioeconómicas de la población. A partir de datos y herramientas abiertas, se construyen indicadores objetivos que permiten evaluar, comparar y cartografiar la accesibilidad…
OSM land use data quality and its association with city-level socioeconomic conditions in China
OpenStreetMap (OSM) can serve as an alternative to map the built environment in data-sparse areas such as China. However, the quality of OSM land use data and its relationship with city-level socioeconomic conditions (e.g., income level) remain understudied. Using a sample of 332 Chinese cities and the time-series China Urban Land Use Mapping dataset as the reference, we investigated inter- and intra-city variations in the completeness and accura…
Area-Level Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adiposity among Older Adults
Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with higher obesity risk in older adults, but whether walkable neighborhoods modify these inequalities remains unclear. We examined whether neighborhood walkability moderates the association between area-level socioeconomic status (SES) and adiposity among older adults with overweight or obesity living in Mediterranean cities. This cross-sectional study analyzed baseline data from 1286 urban-dwelling adult…
Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators
Measuring and monitoring progress towards achieving healthy, equitable and sustainable cities is a priority for planners, policymakers and researchers in diverse contexts globally. Yet data collection, analysis, visualisation and reporting on policy and spatial indicators involve specialised knowledge, skills, and collaboration across disciplines. Integrated open-source tools for calculating and communicating urban indicators for diverse urban co…
Urban vitality versus urban livability
Urban vitality is often considered a key factor for a successful city, yet its contribution to urban livability remains underexplored. In this paper, we conceptualize and test models linking the built environment, urban vitality, neighborhood satisfaction, and neighborhood happiness. Neighborhood satisfaction and neighborhood happiness are key indicators of urban livability and predictors of subjective well-being. Data come from analyses with geo…
Stepping on the beaten track? Walking behavior and profiles of cruise passengers in Barcelona
Unravelling retail diversity through its spatial relationship with social vulnerability and tourism pressures in Barcelona
Diversity in retail and facilities is essential for creating proximity environments. Most analyses have focused on either built environment predictors or the balance between diversity and social vulnerability and tourism, but little is known of their interrelationship. Using georeferenced data of retail and facilities in Barcelona (Spain), the study shows that diversity is positively associated with compact and dense environments, but negatively …
Are vital neighbourhoods socially privileged? Exploring the spatial relationship between urban vitality and urban vulnerability
The built environment plays a key role in everyday wellbeing, as well-designed and accessible environments help fulfil people’s daily needs and activities. Of special relevance is the urban vitality concept of Jane Jacobs, a core principle of local planning strategies worldwide, which is used as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. However, the promotion of her ideas on dense, lively, and diverse neighbourhood…
Associations between urban greenspace and depressive symptoms in Mexico's cities using different greenspace metrics
Greenspace has been shown to be positively associated with mental wellbeing, but studies from the global South have been scarce. We advance the understanding of the relationship between greenspace and depressive symptoms by using multiple clearly defined metrics describing neighborhood greenness and urban parks in an understudied region with rapid urban growth. We linked individual-level health survey data for urban residents in Mexico (n = 17,25…
Visiting natural open spaces in urban areas during pregnancy and its association with daily physical activity
We examined the association between visiting natural open spaces (NOS) and physical activity (PA) at different trimesters of pregnancy. We used GPS and accelerometer data from women residing in Donostia-San Sebastian and Barcelona. Daily visits to NOS were associated with an increase of circa 8 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. Women who visited NOS were more likely to meet the W…
On pathways and agreement
There is growing interest in understanding the links between neighbourhood environmental attributes (i.e. greenness, walkability and air pollution) and human health. Recent research has analysed the mediating role of a diverse set of potential factors and studied the agreement between objective and perceived modalities of those attributes. In this study, we explored the connections between objective neighbourhood attributes, their perceived accou…
Exploring the public bus ridership loss and recovery during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the demand of public transport systems. Nevertheless, the global decrease and recovery of users has been uneven both in time and space. It is important to understand the extent of the unequal resilience of service areas with different characteristics. The objective of this study is to map the patterns of variations in the use of public bus at different scales, urban and regional. The data used we…
Youth Perception of Urban Vitality
Promoting urban vitality has become an increasingly important focus among urban planners in the last decade. However, most definitions about what urban vitality consists of are based on quantitative methods, while the meaning and implications of vitality also need to be understood qualitatively. We conducted a study based on the PhotoVoice method in a low-income district in Barcelona, Spain, to explore how vitality is constructed among young peop…
Accounting for care in everyday mobility
Since care is an essential part of our individual and collective survival, there is the challenge to explore how care operates through daily mobility patterns in urban settings. This paper utilizes the concept of 'mobility of care' to quantitatively assess care-related trips in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) using an official household travel survey. We analyse the factors linked to care-related trips at the individual, household, and te…
Gendered morphologies and walking
It is well established that urban form can encourage or hinder daily walking activity. Consequently, urban form has a direct impact on both spatial accessibility and the ability of achieving daily physical activity recommendations. However, the relationship between urban form and walking patterns may present relevant differences among different population subgroups, for instance in terms of gender. In order to analyse how the relationship between…
City-Level Travel Time and Individual Dietary Consumption in Latin American Cities
There is limited empirical evidence on how travel time affects dietary patterns, and even less in Latin American cities (LACs). Using data from 181 LACs, we investigated whether longer travel times at the city level are associated with lower consumption of vegetables and higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and if this association differs by city size. Travel time was measured as the average city-level travel time during peak hours and…
Is city-level travel time by car associated with individual obesity or diabetes in Latin American cities? Evidence from 178 cities in the Salurbal project
There is growing evidence that longer travel time by private car poses physical and mental risks. Individual-level obesity and diabetes, two of the main public health challenges in low- and middle-income contexts, could be associated to city-level travel times by car. We used individual obesity and diabetes data from national health surveys from individuals in 178 Latin American cities, compiled and harmonized by the SALURBAL project. We calculat…
Jane Jacobs reloaded
The theories of Jane Jacobs have gained momentum as a framework to address the challenges faced by present-day cities. Of special relevance is the concept of urban vitality as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. This study aims to revisit her principles from an applied perspective by developing an updated index that measures the conditions for urban vitality as described in her most celebrated book, The Death…
Impact of Covid-19 on vacation recreational walking
This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on recreational walking while on vacation, a relevant activity among tourists especially in urban destinations. We surveyed visitors to Costa Daurada, an urban coastal destination in Catalonia in August 2020. Only 5% of participants reported lower recreational walking levels compared to normal circumstances; 75% reported similar levels; and 20% reported higher levels. Higher recreational walking levels w…
Vitalidad urbana y vida cotidiana
El creciente interés por el estudio de la vida cotidiana en las ciudades ha llevado a recuperar las ideas de Jane Jacobs, una de las figuras más influyentes del pensamiento urbano. Uno de sus conceptos más célebres es el de vitalidad urbana, a partir del cual se identifican elementos del entorno construido que convierten los espacios urbanos en lugares donde confluyen la presencia de gente, el bullicio y la combinación de diversas actividades. El…
Social Inclusion and Physical Activity in Ciclovía Recreativa Programs in Latin America
Ciclovía Recreativa is a program in which streets are closed off to automobiles so that people have a safe and inclusive space for recreation and for being physically active. The study aims were: (1) to compare participant's spatial trajectories in four Ciclovía Recreativa programs in Latin America (Bogotá, Mexico City, Santiago de Cali, and Santiago de Chile) according to socioeconomic characteristics and urban segregation of these cities; and (…
Urban vitality and seniors’ outdoor rest time in Barcelona
Distance Decay Effects on Public Transportation Ridership in the Context of a Metropolitan University Campus
Metropolitan university campuses (MUCs) are of interest for policymaking given their general highly car-oriented nature, and the subsequent need to promote policies that enhance sustainable accessibility outcomes. Hence, a growing body of research has emerged over the last decade focusing on travel behavior associated with those metropolitan enclaves. However, limited attention has been paid to distance decay effects on modal choice in the contex…
Santiago de Chile through the Eyes of Jane Jacobs. Analysis of the Conditions for Urban Vitality in a Latin American Metropolis
The urban planning ideas proposed by Jane Jacobs in the 1960s remain relevant to this day, promoting a perspective on the relationship between urban morphology and the community that takes into consideration the experiences of the people themselves in the planning of cities. With Jacobs’ ideas in mind, this article seeks to explore the urban territory of Santiago, Chile, and to assess the vitality of its neighborhoods with their diversity of morp…
What Accounts for Physical Activity during Pregnancy? A Study on the Sociodemographic Predictors of Self-Reported and Objectively Assessed Physical Activity during the 1st and 2nd Trimesters of Pregna…
Physical activity (PA) during pregnancy has positive health implications for both mother and child. However, current literature indicates that not all pregnant women meet the international recommendations for PA (at least 150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous PA). The main objective of this study was to assess PA levels among pregnant women in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian and identify their main sociodemographic predictors. We recruited 441 …
The urban vitality conditions of Jane Jacobs in Barcelona
Looking at Barcelona through Jane Jacobs’s eyes
Suburban travelers pressed for time
The uneven distribution of evictions as new evidence of urban inequality
Jane Jacobs reloaded
The theories of Jane Jacobs have gained momentum as a framework to address the challenges faced by present-day cities. Of special relevance is the concept of urban vitality as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. This study aims to revisit her principles from an applied perspective by developing an updated index that measures the conditions for urban vitality as described in her most celebrated book, The Death…
Accounting for care in everyday mobility
Since care is an essential part of our individual and collective survival, there is the challenge to explore how care operates through daily mobility patterns in urban settings. This paper utilizes the concept of 'mobility of care' to quantitatively assess care-related trips in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) using an official household travel survey. We analyse the factors linked to care-related trips at the individual, household, and te…
Urban vitality and seniors’ outdoor rest time in Barcelona
A Relational Perspective on Everyday Mobility in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
The collective dimension of everyday life plays a key role on how daily mobility patterns are drawn, especially considering relationships at the household level. However, previous literature regarding spatiotemporal behaviour has, above all, focused on individual characteristics detached from their immediate social contexts. By adopting a relational perspective this paper aims to explore how the combination of individual and household‐related var…
Urban vitality versus urban livability
Urban vitality is often considered a key factor for a successful city, yet its contribution to urban livability remains underexplored. In this paper, we conceptualize and test models linking the built environment, urban vitality, neighborhood satisfaction, and neighborhood happiness. Neighborhood satisfaction and neighborhood happiness are key indicators of urban livability and predictors of subjective well-being. Data come from analyses with geo…
Youth Perception of Urban Vitality
Promoting urban vitality has become an increasingly important focus among urban planners in the last decade. However, most definitions about what urban vitality consists of are based on quantitative methods, while the meaning and implications of vitality also need to be understood qualitatively. We conducted a study based on the PhotoVoice method in a low-income district in Barcelona, Spain, to explore how vitality is constructed among young peop…
Youth Mobility and Territorial Disparities
Travel behavior of the present generation of youths is being increasingly explored due to their relevance in shaping future accessibility needs and mobility habits. The present study offers an original perspective on this topic by identifying territorial disparities that emerge in youth mobility patterns in rural and urban areas. Unlike most previous research, we propose taking a global view on mobility by analyzing all trip purposes and transpor…
Gendered morphologies and walking
It is well established that urban form can encourage or hinder daily walking activity. Consequently, urban form has a direct impact on both spatial accessibility and the ability of achieving daily physical activity recommendations. However, the relationship between urban form and walking patterns may present relevant differences among different population subgroups, for instance in terms of gender. In order to analyse how the relationship between…
Impact of Covid-19 on vacation recreational walking
This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on recreational walking while on vacation, a relevant activity among tourists especially in urban destinations. We surveyed visitors to Costa Daurada, an urban coastal destination in Catalonia in August 2020. Only 5% of participants reported lower recreational walking levels compared to normal circumstances; 75% reported similar levels; and 20% reported higher levels. Higher recreational walking levels w…
The uneven distribution of evictions as new evidence of urban inequality
Suburban travelers pressed for time
Looking at Barcelona through Jane Jacobs’s eyes
A Relational Perspective on Everyday Mobility in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
The collective dimension of everyday life plays a key role on how daily mobility patterns are drawn, especially considering relationships at the household level. However, previous literature regarding spatiotemporal behaviour has, above all, focused on individual characteristics detached from their immediate social contexts. By adopting a relational perspective this paper aims to explore how the combination of individual and household‐related var…
Temperature and Rain Moderate the Effect of Neighborhood Walkability on Walking Time for Seniors in Barcelona
Walking is the most accessible form for seniors to engage in daily light or moderate physical activity. Walking activity depends on both individual and environmental factors, the latter including how walkable a given setting is. Recent papers have pointed at the relevance of also considering meteorological conditions in relation to the walking behavior of older adults. This paper explores the combined effect of neighborhood walkability, temperatu…
Natural Landscape, Infrastructure, and Health
Urban green spaces (UGS) have been linked with a series of benefits for the environment, and for the physical health and well-being of urban residents. This is of great importance in the context of the aging of modern societies. However, UGS have different forms and characteristics that can determine their utilization. Common elements in UGS such as the type of vegetation and the type of surface are surprisingly understudied in regard to their re…
The urban vitality conditions of Jane Jacobs in Barcelona
Youth Mobility and Territorial Disparities
Travel behavior of the present generation of youths is being increasingly explored due to their relevance in shaping future accessibility needs and mobility habits. The present study offers an original perspective on this topic by identifying territorial disparities that emerge in youth mobility patterns in rural and urban areas. Unlike most previous research, we propose taking a global view on mobility by analyzing all trip purposes and transpor…
Santiago de Chile through the Eyes of Jane Jacobs. Analysis of the Conditions for Urban Vitality in a Latin American Metropolis
The urban planning ideas proposed by Jane Jacobs in the 1960s remain relevant to this day, promoting a perspective on the relationship between urban morphology and the community that takes into consideration the experiences of the people themselves in the planning of cities. With Jacobs’ ideas in mind, this article seeks to explore the urban territory of Santiago, Chile, and to assess the vitality of its neighborhoods with their diversity of morp…
What Accounts for Physical Activity during Pregnancy? A Study on the Sociodemographic Predictors of Self-Reported and Objectively Assessed Physical Activity during the 1st and 2nd Trimesters of Pregna…
Physical activity (PA) during pregnancy has positive health implications for both mother and child. However, current literature indicates that not all pregnant women meet the international recommendations for PA (at least 150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous PA). The main objective of this study was to assess PA levels among pregnant women in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian and identify their main sociodemographic predictors. We recruited 441 …
The relationship between Mediterranean built environment and outdoor physical activity
Having identified a set of geographic-based considerations, this study aims to analyse physical activity (PA) engagement and its relationship with its hosting environment in a Mediterranean metropolis. This is conducted based on GPS and accelerometer data from a sample of young adults living in different neighbourhood types. The results of the study show how outdoor moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in Barcelona mainly takes place on …
Vitalidad urbana y vida cotidiana
El creciente interés por el estudio de la vida cotidiana en las ciudades ha llevado a recuperar las ideas de Jane Jacobs, una de las figuras más influyentes del pensamiento urbano. Uno de sus conceptos más célebres es el de vitalidad urbana, a partir del cual se identifican elementos del entorno construido que convierten los espacios urbanos en lugares donde confluyen la presencia de gente, el bullicio y la combinación de diversas actividades. El…
Social Inclusion and Physical Activity in Ciclovía Recreativa Programs in Latin America
Ciclovía Recreativa is a program in which streets are closed off to automobiles so that people have a safe and inclusive space for recreation and for being physically active. The study aims were: (1) to compare participant's spatial trajectories in four Ciclovía Recreativa programs in Latin America (Bogotá, Mexico City, Santiago de Cali, and Santiago de Chile) according to socioeconomic characteristics and urban segregation of these cities; and (…
Urban vitality and seniors’ outdoor rest time in Barcelona
Distance Decay Effects on Public Transportation Ridership in the Context of a Metropolitan University Campus
Metropolitan university campuses (MUCs) are of interest for policymaking given their general highly car-oriented nature, and the subsequent need to promote policies that enhance sustainable accessibility outcomes. Hence, a growing body of research has emerged over the last decade focusing on travel behavior associated with those metropolitan enclaves. However, limited attention has been paid to distance decay effects on modal choice in the contex…
City-Level Travel Time and Individual Dietary Consumption in Latin American Cities
There is limited empirical evidence on how travel time affects dietary patterns, and even less in Latin American cities (LACs). Using data from 181 LACs, we investigated whether longer travel times at the city level are associated with lower consumption of vegetables and higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and if this association differs by city size. Travel time was measured as the average city-level travel time during peak hours and…
Is city-level travel time by car associated with individual obesity or diabetes in Latin American cities? Evidence from 178 cities in the Salurbal project
There is growing evidence that longer travel time by private car poses physical and mental risks. Individual-level obesity and diabetes, two of the main public health challenges in low- and middle-income contexts, could be associated to city-level travel times by car. We used individual obesity and diabetes data from national health surveys from individuals in 178 Latin American cities, compiled and harmonized by the SALURBAL project. We calculat…
Jane Jacobs reloaded
The theories of Jane Jacobs have gained momentum as a framework to address the challenges faced by present-day cities. Of special relevance is the concept of urban vitality as an indicator of street vibrancy and quality of life among city residents. This study aims to revisit her principles from an applied perspective by developing an updated index that measures the conditions for urban vitality as described in her most celebrated book, The Death…
Impact of Covid-19 on vacation recreational walking
This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on recreational walking while on vacation, a relevant activity among tourists especially in urban destinations. We surveyed visitors to Costa Daurada, an urban coastal destination in Catalonia in August 2020. Only 5% of participants reported lower recreational walking levels compared to normal circumstances; 75% reported similar levels; and 20% reported higher levels. Higher recreational walking levels w…
On pathways and agreement
There is growing interest in understanding the links between neighbourhood environmental attributes (i.e. greenness, walkability and air pollution) and human health. Recent research has analysed the mediating role of a diverse set of potential factors and studied the agreement between objective and perceived modalities of those attributes. In this study, we explored the connections between objective neighbourhood attributes, their perceived accou…
Exploring the public bus ridership loss and recovery during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the demand of public transport systems. Nevertheless, the global decrease and recovery of users has been uneven both in time and space. It is important to understand the extent of the unequal resilience of service areas with different characteristics. The objective of this study is to map the patterns of variations in the use of public bus at different scales, urban and regional. The data used we…
Youth Perception of Urban Vitality
Promoting urban vitality has become an increasingly important focus among urban planners in the last decade. However, most definitions about what urban vitality consists of are based on quantitative methods, while the meaning and implications of vitality also need to be understood qualitatively. We conducted a study based on the PhotoVoice method in a low-income district in Barcelona, Spain, to explore how vitality is constructed among young peop…
Accounting for care in everyday mobility
Since care is an essential part of our individual and collective survival, there is the challenge to explore how care operates through daily mobility patterns in urban settings. This paper utilizes the concept of 'mobility of care' to quantitatively assess care-related trips in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) using an official household travel survey. We analyse the factors linked to care-related trips at the individual, household, and te…
Gendered morphologies and walking
It is well established that urban form can encourage or hinder daily walking activity. Consequently, urban form has a direct impact on both spatial accessibility and the ability of achieving daily physical activity recommendations. However, the relationship between urban form and walking patterns may present relevant differences among different population subgroups, for instance in terms of gender. In order to analyse how the relationship between…
Unravelling retail diversity through its spatial relationship with social vulnerability and tourism pressures in Barcelona
Diversity in retail and facilities is essential for creating proximity environments. Most analyses have focused on either built environment predictors or the balance between diversity and social vulnerability and tourism, but little is known of their interrelationship. Using georeferenced data of retail and facilities in Barcelona (Spain), the study shows that diversity is positively associated with compact and dense environments, but negatively …
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